Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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Chap. 70. Of ‘ Balme pple,or <tApple offfierufalem. 
l Bulfaminamas . 
The male Balfam Apple. 
2 Balftmina foeminn. 
The female Balfam Apple. 
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The Defcriftion. 
1 HTHe male Balme Apple hath long,fmall,and tender branches, fet with le.aues like thofe 
1 of the vine; and the like fmall clafping tendrels wherewith it catcheth hold of fuch it 
things as do grow neere’vnto it,not able by reafon of his weakenefl'e ro (land vpright without fome ■ 
pole or other thing to fupport it. The floures confift of fine fmall leaues ofa meane biOTeife,and ! 
are ofa faint yellow colour: which being part, there doe come in place long Apples, fomething ; 
fharpe toward the point almoft like an egge, rough all otter as it were with lmall harmelefle pric- - 
kies, red both within and without when they be ripe, and cleaue in funder of themfelues : in the 
Apple licth great broad flat feeds, like thofe oPPompionor Citrul 1, but fomething blacke when i 
they be withered. The root is threddie, and difperfeth it felfefar abroad in the ground. 
2 The female Balm Apple doth not a little differ from the former : it bringeth forth ftalks not 
runniirgorcliming like the other, but amoft thickeandfat trunckeot ftocke full of iuice, infub- 
ftance like the ftalks of Purflane,of a reddifh color and fomewhat fhining.The leaues be long and 
narrow, in fhape like thofe of Willow or the Peach tree, fomewhat toothed or notched about the 
ed CT es /among which grow the floures of an incarpate colour tending to blevvneffe, hailing a fmia «1 
fpur or taile annexed thereto as hath the Larks heele,ofa faire light crimfon colour : in their pla- •: 
ces come vp the fruit or Apples rough and hairy, but tefler than thofe of the former, yellow when 
they be ripe, which likewife clcaue a funder of themfelues and caft abroad their feedes much like 
vnto Lentils, faith mine Author. But thofe which I haue from yeare to yeare in my Garden bring ; 
forth feed like the Colc-florcy or Milliard feed; whether they be of two kindes,or the climate doe : 
alter the fhape, it refteth difputable. 
